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When the Warriors have a parade Friday around the Bay Area as NBA champions, their fans will fawn over Steph Curry and elbow each other out of the way to try to catch a glimpse of him. lRelated Aurora News Blackhawks fans overwhelmed by response to Stanley Cup wedding plan See all related When the Patriots won the Super Bowl, fans clamoring to get a photo of quarterback Tom Brady…

On the second floor of Georgetown’s McDonough Arena, the venerable campus gym that has been strained beyond capacity for decades, a cubicle was recently cleared out to create space for the latest addition to the staff. Jeff Ajluni is taking on a new, hybrid role: A vice president of Fox Sports, Ajluni will draw his salary from the cable network, but he’s embedded in the Hoyas’ athletics department, along with…

FOX Sports 1 debuts its golf coverage today with the first round of the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. But a lot of sports fans — especially golf fans — don’t know where to find Fox Sports 1 on their television. Well, we’re here to help. Here’s the Fox Sports 1 channel finder. Enjoy the U.S. Open.

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United will move for Everton’s Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 22, if they cannot sign Atletico Madrid forward Mario Mandzukic, 29. (Sun – subscription required)  Meanwhile, United have enquired about signing 22-year-old French centre-back Raphael Varane from Real Madrid. United made their interest known in Varane during discussions…

CLEVELAND – Stephen Curry wore an “NBA Champions” hat and a champagne-soaked T-shirt as he cradled the Larry O’Brien championship trophy early Wednesday morning. He spied teammate Andrew Bogut and asked, “Hey Bogut, Bogut, you want to hold the trophy?” As yet another champagne bottle was about to be popped behind him in the Golden State Warriors‘ locker room, Bogut responded with the obvious: “Yes, I do.” Curry smiled. “You…

Last night, I knew how it was going to end before Game 6 even began. I’m from northeast Ohio. Long before they lost the NBA Finals on their home court, I knew the Cleveland Cavaliers would devolve into a stumbling, bumbling mess; I knew that the guy who really is the best player in the world (even if he’s also a narcissistic jackass who killed all his hometown fans on…

A prediction on Fox Sports’ coverage of its first U.S. Open: It won’t matter if Fox produces the best Open ever. Golf fans still will complain about a lack of quality. They always complain. This isn’t to say that Fox’s debut on major championship golf will be a disaster, although it could be. Rather, it is about the realities of a very finicky golf audience that typically isn’t receptive to…

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No team in the history of American pro sports has ever been in as much trouble — a legal, ethical and disciplinary nightmare — as the St. Louis Cardinals are now if an FBI and Department of Justice investigation ultimately proves that members of their front office hacked the computer network of the Houston Astros to steal . . . everything. Government investigators are probing the Cardinals to see whether their employees…

Last night, I knew how it was going to end before Game 6 even began. I’m from northeast Ohio. Long before they lost the NBA Finals on their home court, I knew the Cleveland Cavaliers would devolve into a stumbling, bumbling mess; I knew that the guy who really is the best player in the world (even if he’s also a narcissistic jackass who killed all his hometown fans on…

Hey, sports fans, want to call Chicago ‘‘The City of Champions’’? Go ahead. And march forward with truth, justice and integrity on your side. For here’s a fact: Since 1990, Chicago has won more championships in the four major American pro sports — football, baseball, basketball and hockey — than any other city. The Blackhawks’ 2-0 win Monday over the Tampa Bay Lightning at the United Center for the Stanley…

The news, out of left field, was quite shocking. One of baseball’s premiere franchises had been accused of electronic sports espionage. On Monday, it emerged that the federal government was investigating whether St Louis Cardinals’ front-office officials had illegally accessed a proprietary database of the Houston Astros. Cardinals officials are believed to have consulted a master list of passwords created by a former executive, Jeff Luhnow, who left the Cardinals…

(Corrects paragraph 7 to reflect latest Forbes rankings) * TV audiences for women’s World Cup double or triple vs 2011 * Ad revenue up strongly but still a fraction of men’s World Cup * Corporate interest from traditionally male sectors * More funds allows more women to go pro, raising quality By Emma Thomasson BERLIN, June 17 (Reuters) – The popularity of the women’s soccer World Cup is the latest…

The Cleveland Cavaliers are tired now. The relentless zeal that pushed them to two early victories in the NBA finals has drained away. The series has grown long and the injuries to Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love have proven all but fatal to the title dreams that burned just a week ago. LeBron James and a whole lot of enthusiasm are no match for the speed and depth of Golden…

No team in the history of American pro sports has ever been in as much trouble — a legal, ethical and disciplinary nightmare — as the St. Louis Cardinals are now if an FBI and Department of Justice investigation ultimately proves that members of their front office hacked the computer network of the Houston Astros to steal . . . everything. Government investigators are probing the Cardinals to see whether their employees…

The Cleveland Cavaliers are on the brink of elimination in the NBA Finals. If they can’t win Games 6 and 7 against the Golden State Warriors, it will extend a dubious mark in professional sports in North America. Of the cities in North America with at least one team in one of the four major sports, no city has seen more seasons played across the four major sports since…

Chicago Bulls restricted free-agent guard Jimmy Butler has plans to pursue shorter-term offer sheets this summer, resisting the Bulls’ initial plans to offer him a five-year, maximum contract extension, league sources told Yahoo Sports. As the NBA’s salary cap is set to dramatically rise beginning with the 2016-17 season, Butler has become far less interested in locking himself into the five-year, $90 million-plus deal the Bulls are expected to present…

ST. LOUIS — Federal law enforcement authorities are investigating whether the St. Louis Cardinals illegally hacked into a computer database of the Houston Astros to obtain information on their former division rival’s players, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Major League Baseball, law enforcement officials and the two teams were not disclosing details of the investigation. The New York Times…

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Every year, EA Sports’ Madden 16 game is a huge hit among NFL fans that play console games. And every year the game gets a little better. Madden has taken huge steps recently on next-gen consoles Xbox One and Playstation 4. EA Sports just rolled out a new trailer with footage directly from gameplay video from it’s next version at the E3 event in L.A. It looks so…